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The definition of ‘small business’ and eligibility for exemption from cost recovery fees for environmental assessments under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Department of the Environment and Energy, 2017

Consultation Paper

About the consultation paper

The Department is currently reviewing the small business exemption criteria and welcomes comments on the preferred method for determining which businesses should be exempt from cost recovery fees.

The call for public comments is open from Wednesday 1 March 2017 until Tuesday 28 March 2017.

Please submit your comments to: environment.protection@environment.gov.au

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